Financial District, Manhattan

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Financial District
Neighborhood in Manhattan
The Financial District of Lower Manhattan viewed from New York Harbor, near the Statue of Liberty, October 2013
The Financial District of Lower Manhattan viewed from New York Harbor, near the Statue of Liberty, October 2013
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
Borough Manhattan
Population (2010)
 • Total 60,976

The Financial District, also commonly referred to as FiDi,[1] is a neighborhood located at the southern tip of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, which comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the city's major financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world,[2][3][4][5][6] and the New York Stock Exchange is the world's largest stock exchange by total market capitalization.[7][8] Several other major exchanges have or had headquarters in the Financial District, including the New York Mercantile Exchange, NASDAQ, the New York Board of Trade, and the former American Stock Exchange.

The neighborhood roughly overlaps with the boundaries of the New Amsterdam settlement in the late 17th century. The Financial District has witnessed growth in its population to approximately 43,000 as of 2014, nearly double the 23,000 recorded at the 2000 Census.[9]

Description and history

The Financial District encompasses roughly the area south of City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan but excludes Battery Park and Battery Park City. The former World Trade Center complex was located in the neighborhood until the September 11 attacks; the neighborhood includes the successor One World Trade Center. The heart of the Financial District is often considered to be the corner of Wall Street and Broad Street, both of which are contained entirely within the district.[10] The northeastern part of the financial district (along Fulton Street and John Street) was known in the early 20th century as the Insurance District, due to the large number of insurance companies that were either headquartered there, or maintained their New York offices there.

Federal Hall National Memorial, on the site of the first US Capitol and the inauguration of George Washington as the first President of the United States, is located at the corner of Wall Street and Nassau Street.

Until the late 20th and early 21st century, the neighborhood was considered to be primarily a destination for daytime traders and office workers from around New York City and the surrounding areas. The neighborhood now has a growing number of full-time residents, with estimates made in 2010 showing that there were approximately 61,000 people living in the area, a jump from the 15 to 20 thousand living there before 2001,[11] with many buildings being converted from office space to apartments and condominiums during the 1990s and 2000s.

It has a number of tourist attractions such as the adjacent South Street Seaport Historic District, the New York City Police Museum, and Museum of American Finance. Bowling Green is the starting point of traditional ticker-tape parades on Broadway, where here it is also known as the Canyon of Heroes. The Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Skyscraper Museum are both in adjacent Battery Park City which is also home to the World Financial Center.

Although the term is sometimes used as a synonym for "Wall Street", the latter term is often applied metonymously to the financial markets as a whole (and is also a street in the district), whereas "the Financial District" implies an actual geographical location.

Tallest buildings

Name Image Height(m) Floors Year Notes
One World Trade Center One World Trade Center cropped2.jpg 1,776 (541.3) 104 2014 Is the 4th-tallest building in the world and the tallest building in the United States since its topping out on May 10, 2013. It is also the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the tallest all-office building in the world.[12][13]
70 Pine Street 80px 952 (290) 66 1932 22nd-tallest building in the United States; formerly known as the American International Building and the Cities Service Building[14][15] 70 Pine is being transformed into a residential skyscraper with 644 rental residences, 132 hotel rooms and 35,000 square feet of retail [16]
40 Wall Street 40 Wall Street New York City at Sunset C R.jpg 927 (283) 70 1930 26th-tallest in the United States; was world's tallest building for less than two months in 1930; formerly known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building; also known as 40 Wall Street[17][18]
28 Liberty Street One Chase Manhattan Plaza 1.jpg 813 (248) 60 1961 [19][20]
50 West Street 50 West Street 23 Oct 2015.png 778 (237) 63 2016 [21][22]
200 West Street 80px 749 (228) 44 2010 Also known as Goldman Sachs World Headquarters[23][24]
60 Wall Street 60 Wall Street building.jpg 745 (227) 55 1989 Also known as Deutsche Bank Building[25][26]
One Liberty Plaza 0013TIARA P1000433.JPG 743 (226) 54 1973 Formerly known as the U.S. Steel Building[27][28]
20 Exchange Place 20 Exchange Place Tower 111.JPG 741 (226) 57 1931 Formerly known as the City Bank-Farmers Trust Building[29][30]
200 Vesey Street World Financial Center.jpg 739 (225) 51 1986 Also known as Three World Financial Center[31][32]
HSBC Bank Building WSTM Mark Frank 0086.jpg 688 (210) 52 1967 Also known as Marine Midland Building[33][34]
55 Water Street 55 Water Street with north wing.JPG 687 (209) 53 1972 [35][36]
1 Wall Street 1 Wall Street.jpg 654 (199) 50 1931 Also known as Bank of New York Mellon Building [37][38]
225 Liberty Street World Financial Center.jpg 645 (197) 44 1987 Also known as Two World Financial Center[39][40]
1 New York Plaza One New York Plaza.jpg 640 (195) 50 1969 [41][42]
Home Insurance Plaza WSTM-CornFedChicks0080.JPG 630 (192) 45 1966 [43][44]

Gallery

  • New York Stock Exchange LC-USZ62-124933.jpg

    The Broad Street facade of the New York Stock Exchange

  • 2013 Federal Reserve Bank of New York from west.jpg

    The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building

  • J. P. Morgan & Company Building 23 Wall Street.jpg

    The former House of Morgan building at 23 Wall Street

  • USA-NYC-Federal Hall National Memorial.JPG

    Federal Hall, once the U.S. Custom House, now a museum, with the towers of Wall Street behind it

  • Chamber of Commerce Building (New York City).jpg

    The Chamber of Commerce Building at 65 Liberty Street, one of many historical buildings in the district

  • One Liberty Plaza 2007.jpg

    One Liberty Plaza, one of the many modern skyscrapers in the area

See also

References

Notes

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